Fed is ALWAYS wrong.
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The fuck would you go with a variable rate loan 4 years ago?

How low did they think it would get?
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I guess an ARM is a good strategy if you know that rates are going to go down. You usually don't know that, but right now? Rates are going to go down. The Fed is committed to that outcome. So an ARM would be a good plan, I think.

When I bought my house, I got a fixed rate that was over 7 percent. Rates kept going down and I kept refinancing. I think I was paying at or under 3 percent when I finally paid the house off. Maybe I should have done ARMs for 20 years. But I didn't know that we would have 20 years of declines.

At some point I got a HELOC at some ridiculously low rate, and that's what I used for my last big rehab project on the house (redoing the kitchen, adding a deck, finishing off the third floor, etc.) I think it might have been under 2 percent, so I paid off the main mortgage before I paid that one off. At some point the lender stopped offering it, and that was a sad day.
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My LOC I use on my Rental properties is at 8.75% also. It has to renew every year so I get the bullet. They were going to put it at 10.5% this last renewal and I called the President of the bank and said LOOK. I've been with you since 1998, never been late on a payment, had over 30 mortgages , would you at least drop it to my current rate on my rentals at 8.75%, and he said he'd talk to loan committee. They called back an hour later and said that would work. WooHoo , excited about an 8.75% loan victory. LOL

And what's funny is that the loan officer that's been there 20 years said she had no idea they were even negotiable. Dumb bitch!
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Holy cow. Are you banking with the mob or something?

I had no idea rates were that high.
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30 years were in the 3’s 4 years ago

If you took an ARM in 2020 then you deserve it
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LOCs you're going to have to eat the shit, but a primary? Helllllllll no.
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No shit. That's just being dumb. We were at historic lows for YEARS.
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They have screwed the pooch this time.
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Investment property carries a different set of risks, according to banks, and you can only get an 80% loan to buy. It sux
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Taking an ARM at the time gave me the best interest rate 10 years ago. I'm almost out from under my mortgages completely so timing worked out OK. I got 15 year Mortgages with 5 year ARM's and have paid ahead on everything. 12 more months and I'm debt free. I'm selling a couple properties and will dump about 150K into high yield dividend funds and pull 50% of those divi's to finish paying off my existing debt.
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Will you still sell boulders? The world needs boulders.
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Absolutely! Best business ever!
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That's all I needed to hear to have a good weekend.
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Rentals are commercial loans. No Fannie/freddie shit.

I get it on commercial loans. I had to fight like hell to get a fixed 20 on my land purchase in 2019.
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